vamoose
verb /vəˈmuːs/
/vəˈmuːs/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vamoose | /vəˈmuːs/ /vəˈmuːs/ |
| he / she / it vamooses | /vəˈmuːsɪz/ /vəˈmuːsɪz/ |
| past simple vamoosed | /vəˈmuːst/ /vəˈmuːst/ |
| past participle vamoosed | /vəˈmuːst/ /vəˈmuːst/ |
| -ing form vamoosing | /vəˈmuːsɪŋ/ /vəˈmuːsɪŋ/ |
- to leave quicklyWord Originmid 19th cent.: from Spanish vamos ‘let us go’.